Food and Drink

Simply Great Coffee Coffee is life. From a single cup in the morning to 2 pots a day, wherever you fit in on the spectrum, you understand it's necessity. The coffee selection in Calgary is actually pretty decent these days, with a wide varieties of basic slow drip coffees to…

Best Tacos in Calgary The term "best" is very subjective, so it's difficult to make a 'top 10 list' that everyone can agree with, but, screw it, we're gonna make a list anyway and hopefully everyone agrees with it because we're awesome. Here are some of the best tacos in…

Feel Good Syrup, made with Elderberries I've been trying to eat at home more often, prepare more healthy treats for Mini, and just trying to do better by us all in general. It's hard some days, working as much as I do and dealing with some health issues, but it…

Best Bar None in Alberta (and Calgary!) Some months ago I was invited by the AGLC (Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission) to attend a press/media trip tour of establishments in downtown Calgary to learn about their program called Best Bar None. It's a voluntary accreditation offered by the AGLC to…

Mexican Restaurants in Calgary What Calgary lacks in quantity, it makes up with quality. When it comes to Mexican restaurants in Calgary, the last few years have been very generous to the local food scene. For a number of years Calgary suffered a shortage of good places to go for…

Dark Table Opening Fall 2017 The idea is simple, you sit down and enjoy a nice meal, but you're doing it in total darkness. You can't see what you're eating at all, and you're served by blind or visually impaired serving staff - providing jobs and an excellent opportunity to…

My first time at Avec Bistro Located: 105, 550 11 Ave SW Despite living nearby, I'd never actually been to Avec Bistro before. Recently I was invited to try a sampling of their menu to celebrate their 5th anniversary, went for it. Glad I did, the food was wonderful. Each…

Bootleg Pizza: Chicago fake fake fake dish pizza Bootleg pizza exists in Calgary. This is something that showed up on social media earlier this year, kudos to Dan Olson for bringing it to light. I could explain what bootleg pizza is, but I'll just show you what Dan said. These…

Popeyes Calgary Hype I don't know if you noticed, but the Popeyes Calgary opened recently, and people went bananas over it across the social media. Before Popeyes even opened up actually, for weeks if not months people kept asking when it was happening like it was a desperately needed new…

The Grape Escape Twice every year in Calgary, Co-op Wine and Spirits puts on an event called the Grape Escape in the BMO centre, where rows of booths are setup for beer/wine/cider/spirit producers from all over the world to showcase their products for you to sample and learn about. In addition…

Bonterra Trattoria There's so many places to dine in Calgary and our neighborhood is no slouch when it comes to local gems. I've been an avid foodie for years and I haven't even made a dent in the YYC food scene. This was how it came to be that despite…

Touring Calgary Breweries .. again! Earlier this year I was invited by Calgary Brewery Tours to check out their new service .... touring Calgary breweries, and it was awesome. They've recently put together a new local tour and once again invited me to attend, you bet I said yes. Cleared…

Where to eat in Calgary? We get asked pretty often on Twitter where to eat in Calgary, in general or for a specific craving, so we thought it would be fun to toss a few of our usual answers into a blogpost. Hope this list helps you find somewhere for good…

Introducing Calgary Brewery Tours! Back in January I was invited to tag along on a media/blogger tour of the new brewery tour service launching in Calgary, and hell yes I went! The Mrs and I have been involved/supporting the local beer community on twitter for a while, so it was both…

Enter: Kolmol Kolmol! Have you ever had one of those days where little darling baby Susie will just not get her ish together, so you're stuck at home dealing with the little fusspot instead of getting much needed diapers and a metric fuckton of java to keep your parental nerves…

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